ECU prepares for arrival of Pirates
ECU move-in by the numbers Number of students who chose early drop-off: 1,773 Number of volunteers: 150 as of Aug. 5 Number of carts available: 360 Number of student staff:...
Community Engagement Archives
Grant provides training for needed older adult care
East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has been awarded a $900,000, multi-year contract to help educate and train members of the regional health care workforce to more effectively care for...
ECU researchers guide heat stress app development
East Carolina University is acknowledged in the settings of an American Industrial Hygiene Association heat stress mobile app, which uses weather forecasts and emphasizes wet bulb globe temperature as the...
Gueye receives Fulbright to teach, research the politics of feminism, wifehood
East Carolina University’s Dr. Marame Gueye has won a competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024-25 academic year. She will teach and conduct research at the Université Cheikh...
ECU center aims to connect community, business with technology
Soon, Noah Gwynn will no longer have to fish for information as farm manager for Classic Seafood Group. He’ll have it right at his fingertips. Gwynn is working with Dr....
Nursing students visit Guatemala to expand cultural understanding
Sometimes the best way to understand how to care for those who are outside of the mainstream, those who aren’t privileged in a society, is to learn how to communicate...
Youth explore STEM as part of ECU camp
In a world where robots constructed from cardboard boxes battle for ultimate supremacy, Jordan Elliott surmised that his came out on top. “They double-teamed me at the end, but I...
Pirates, Peruvians build lasting connection
It was easy for Angel Castañeda Vargas, a student at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences), to summarize how he felt on East Carolina University’s campus...
Faculty: Dr. Chandra Speight
Dr. Chandra Speight knew early that she was on a mission to make North Carolina better, but it took a few degrees and living a bit of life to find...
Economic development program certifies 16 professionals
East Carolina University’s Economic Development Academy certified its largest group with 16 members completing the program this year. The economic development certification provides those in the profession with a competitive...